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Zero to Three

Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers. The mission of Zero to Three is to promote the health and development of infants and toddlers.

David R. Williams presentation
from 2011 NCFR Conference Recordings

David R. Williams speaking about Health in Social Context

David R. Williams speaks about Health in Social Context in this clip from his presentation, Beyond Healthcare Reform: Key Steps to Improve the Health of All American Families. Runtime: 9:41

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Poverty and Upward Mobility - Audio Recording

Panelists discuss From Wall Street to Main Street to “El Callejon” (back ally): Economic and Educational Realities of Latino Immigrant Families in the Rural Midwest ; You Moved Up, Did You Forget Us?: African American Intra-Familial Social Mobility ; Economic Hardship and Mexican American Adolescents' Family Relationships ; African American Families during the Economic Downturn
Alan Hawkins
from Video Lexicon

Alan Hawkins on Healthy Marriages

In this video professor Alan Hawkins discusses his research on healthy marriages, and the state and federal marriage initiatives.

Michael P. Johnson
from Video Lexicon

Michael P. Johnson on Intimate Partner Violence

In this video NCFR Fellow Michael P. Johnson discusses the Intimate Partner Violence typology he developed that has advanced the field of Family Violence.

A New Kind of Strength: The Men's Movement to End Domestic Violence

These men – including Vice President Joe Biden and Joe Torre – are invested in stopping violence against women before it starts. By challenging accepted notions of masculinity, these men are presenting new images of a different kind of strength, especially for boys who are just forming their identity as men, and who are beginning to define their relationships with women. Funded by the Waitt Institute for Violence prevention, this 10-minute short film is available for use free of charge for a limited time.

Private Violence

From the executive producer and director: "We have produced a 21-minute educational film for domestic violence prevention educators. Divided into chapters, this short documentary offers a portrait of some of the many different issues related to domestic violence, and the attitudes that help to perpetuate this epidemic."

Frank F. Furstenberg, Ph.D.
for Members ONLY

Tough Times: The American Family Under Economic Stress - Video Recording

Address presented by: Frank F. Furstenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Research Associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Runtime: 1:16:03

Dr. Isabel V. Sawhill
for Members ONLY

Intergenerational Equity: Balancing the Needs of Young and Old - Video Recording

Presented by: Dr. Isabel V. Sawhill, senior fellow and co-director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution. Runtime: 1:07:59

Cost of Living Relates to Child Development

A new analysis using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), a nationally-representative sample of children entering kindergarten in 1998, found that the local cost of living is correlated with child development outcomes. Higher cost of living was related to lower academic achievement in first grade, even after controlling for family income and a comprehensive set of social and demographic variables. This effect was found only for families with incomes below 300% of the federal poverty threshold (i.e., below $66,339 for a family of four). It may be that families with higher incomes are not as sensitive to geographic variations in cost of living.